Elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1986

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
A total of 435 seats
  • Dem . : 258
  • GOP : 177
  • Otherwise: 0

On November 4, 1986, the United States ' House of Representatives was elected. The election was part of the general election for the 100th United States Congress that year, which also elected a third of US Senators . Since the elections took place around the middle of the second term of the Republican President Ronald Reagan ( Midterm Election ), they were also considered a vote on the previous policy of the President.

The number of MPs to be elected was 435. The distribution of seats was based on the 1980 census .

In the elections, there was a slight win for the Democrats, who lost 4 seats from the Republicans compared to the 1984 election. This increased their absolute majority to 258 mandates. Viewed nationwide, however, these changes are rather marginal. 1986 voters did not want any major changes, at least in the House of Representatives. In the Senate, however, there was a change of power, as the Democrats now gained a majority there. The result for President Reagan was that his final two years in office were controlled by a Congress that was democratically dominated in both houses.

Election result

Total: 435 (435)

The results of the last election two years earlier are in brackets. Changes during the legislative period that do not affect the elections themselves are not included in these figures, but are noted in the article on the 100th Congress in the section on the members of the House of Representatives under the relevant names of the representatives. As a result, the sources sometimes contain different information, as changes during the legislative period were sometimes incorporated into the figures and sometimes not. The election result shown is based on the source below (Party Divisions).

See also

Web link